IBM eServer xSeries 300 User Reference Manual page 75

Table 8. POST beep codes.
Beep Code
1-1-2 Microprocessor register test has failed.
1-1-3 CMOS write/read test has failed.
1-1-4 BIOS ROM checksum has failed.
1-2-1 Programmable Interval Timer test has failed.
1-2-2 DMA initialization has failed.
1-2-3 DMA page register write/read test has failed.
1-4-3 Interrupt vector loading test has failed.
2-1-1 Secondary DMA register test has failed.
2-1-2 Primary DMA register test has failed.
2-1-3 Primary interrupt mask register test has
failed.
2-1-4 Secondary interrupt mask register test has
failed.
2-2-1 Interrupt vector loading has failed.
2-2-2 Keyboard controller test has failed.
2-2-3 CMOS power failure and checksum checks
have failed.
2-2-4 CMOS configuration information validation
has failed.
2-3-2 Screen memory test has failed.
2-3-3 Screen retrace tests have failed.
2-3-4 Search for video ROM has failed.
2-4-1 Screen test indicates the screen is operable.
3-1-1 Timer tick interrupt test has failed.
3-1-2 Interval timer channel 2 test has failed.
3-1-3 RAM test has failed above address hex
0FFFF.
3-1-4 Time-of-Day clock test has failed.
3-2-1 Serial port test has failed.
3-2-2 Parallel port test has failed.
3-2-4 Comparison of CMOS memory size against
actual has failed.
3-3-2 I2C bus has failed.
2-3-1 Screen initialization has failed.
Description Action
Call for service
Turn off the server and then
restart the server. If the
problem remains, call for
service.
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